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THE JEWELLED CASKET
BECTN HERE TODAY. cul despite his years --these filled me to that of the White Eagle. Tlis .dolt:
�^ • that T have never known
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iese-wvald--ave made-hiili ioleretn.
society of the profiteer, Pentland Sails on Liner
f i
But what, was his business? 1 ' With Job in Engine Room
meantEngine
when putt the question to
thyself, the exact nature of the scheme Southampton, Eng:. ---Anxious to
which. th'e White Eagle must 1>e plum get practical ex
perience in engin-
t
Vine. Robbery, of course, but .whet g, a is studying at
1 when and haw?
T lingered over my coffee until the maternal grandparents are the
' Merin which h
Cambridge, Lorcl Pentland', whose
others paid their cheque and russet Marquis and Marchioness of Aber -
by my table: I stole another glance deen, sailed as a worker in the en -
at the hunchback. He was a fit coni- gine room of the Mauretania re-
panion for his master, for despite his eently. The youthful peer is just
slight and deformed physique,, there 21 years old.
was upon his face a ruthl.essnese equal Young Lord .Pentland, second
T3aron, succeeded to the title in
1925. His father, who was Captain
John Sinclair, was : secretary and
controller of the household of the
Marquis of Aberdeen when the
Marquis was GoverporeGeneral of
Canada. The Captain, who had al-
ready had a distinguished military
and political career, married his
chief's daughter, Lady Marjorie
Gordon.
Captain Sinclair was a close
friend of the'Liberal leader and
Prime Minister, Sir Henry Camp-
bell -Bannerman,' and was by him
included in the Cabinet and subse-
quently suggested for the peerage.
Lord Pentland is a greet -grand-
son of Sir John Sinclair, seventh
Baronet of Dunbeath, and a mem-
ber of the historic Scots House of
Sinclair, of which the present Earl
of Caithness is chief,
John Ansley, 'a man of edueatien with a fear h t Bate features and pale skin would
and breeding, becomes a master crook
allPreun other thieves.. Amidst
he afte moon traffic on Fifth Ave.
he knocks down a man whom he sees
brutally rubbing a hunchback's hunch,
and then runs.
At an auction Ainsley makes a
small purchase of tapestry and then
sits back and watches the proceedings.
The auctioneer holds up a golden box,
studded with jewels, that had been
made far a multimillionaire of vulgar
tastes. The box is sold for $65,000
to Marcus Anderson, a man who be-
came, during the war, one of the rich-
est men in the world.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
I stayed a while longer, watching
less valuable things as they were auc-
tioned off, but I noticed no one pres-
ent who seemed to offer me a chance
of future profit. They were all decent,
well-bred folk, and it is not upon these
that I wage my warfare. No gentle-
man. or lady need ever fear the activi-
ties of John Ainsley. There are enough
vulgarians in the world for me to prey
upon.
So I left. I dismissed Anderson
from my mind. After all I need an
opportunity for the exercise of my
talent, and there was no opportunity
here.
It was sheer accident that made me
lunch that day at the Mirabeau. The
winelike air and the bright sun made
me continue down the Avenue as far
as Washington Square, and then I dis-
covered that I was hungry. The Mir-
abeau, the resort of lovers of good
food, was the nearest place. I dropped
in there, surrendered myself to the
discretion of the voluble French wait-
er who attended me, and began a
hearty meal.
I paid little attention to my fellow -
guests, an almost evenly divided mix-
ture of Bohemians, business mien and
Frenchmen. I notice that those who
scrutinize their neighbors in public
places invite an equal scrutiny, and
so I keep my eyes upon my plate. I
am content that few people know me
by sight, and that still fewer know me
by the name under which I choose to
masquerade.
But a waiter stumbled against me,
and in acknowledging his quick apol-
before. Anr! T have seen the .gray -have made the unobservant class him
clad boche leaping` down into the as a poetic -minded youth. Most of us,'.
trench where I was standing, when delicacy is coupled with deform.
And then I was able to banish fear. I ity,ascribe spirituality to the partner -
Far Iremembered that the White.ship. But I, who must know crimin-1
Eagle did not know the face of the els, understood that the : clean-cut,
man who had tricked him months ago. i mouth was vicious, and`that the brown
True, one of his followers knew me, I eyes flashed hate more-, often than.
but men are rarely recognized by de-' mirth.
scriptions. And even as T gave myself
this assurance, the White Eagle glanc-
ed carelessly away, and he and his
companion followed the waiter to a
table.
I heard then state that they were
expecting a third person, and I took to enjoy the spring air; and when the
the chance that that third person was town -car turned 'a corner, I suggested
not the one -eyed follower of the White to my driver that he do the same,'
Eagle who knew me'by sight. For thing. So without arousing the chauf
where the White Eagle flew, there
must be prey. I had robbed him of
his quarry before; I might do it again.
And this was a game worthy of my
talent. Ii fibbing stupid profiteers
hardly gave nye excitement. But
snatching meat from the talons of the
White Eagle was a man's sport. I
smiled as I thought of the elaborate
organization ruled by M. Cochet.
What a triumph if once again I could
make that organization work, not for
its master, but for myself.
Fear counseled me to pay my
cheque and quietly depart. Pride told
me that if I continued the easy road,
my genius would desert me. I called
myself an artist; in my heart I knew
that I was worthy of that title. But
the artist who of deliberate choice
paints pot-boilers ceases to be an art -
Leisurely I followed them. I saw'
them step into Anderson's town -car
and start uptown.. I followed in a
taxi. I was not foolish enough to tell
my driver to follow the car ahead, but
I told him to go slowly, that I wished ,
ogy, I looked up. Just beyond him I
saw two people. -One was the hunch-
back whose humiliation—although he
had not at the time seemed aware of
it—I had resented today. The other
was the most dangerous man in Eur-
ope, the roan whom I had outwitted
months ago, Monsieur Armand Cochet,
known to the underworld and the po-
lice of Europe as the master criminal
leader of the world, the White Eagle.
Myself? Ah, I say that Cochet is
the greatest criminal leader. I work
alone, needing no gangsters to carry
out my orders, using no machinery
save my own hands and mind in the
achievement of my triumphs. Also,
if more need be said on the question
of the relative abilities of the White
Eagle and myself, you who have read
'my memoirs will remember the affair
of the Club of One -eyed Men, and will
not have forgotten that I scored off
the White Eagle in that instance.
For that matter, I knew that the
White Eagle had not forgotten it, and
while I may lay claim to at least the
ordinary courage, I will confess that,
as I met those fierce blue eyes, panic
assailed me.
The great curved beak which was
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"My dear Duke!" cried Anderson.
feur's curious suspicion, I saw the
town -car step before a modest private
residence on a side -street in the upper
East Side, and noted the number of
the house into which the White Eagle
and his companion entered. As for
Anderson, his address was easy to
find. A telephone book—or if histele-
phone was not listed, there were a
hundred other ways to find where he
lived. I did not wish to follow him'
farther.
I dismissed' my taxi at Madison
Avenue, and entered a grocery store.
It was an expensive -looking shop, the
sort that would have a fashionable
patronage. I asked for the proprietor,.
told him that I wanted five minutes
of his time, and went directly to the
point.
"I'm in the automobile accessory
business,"- I said. "I have an auto-
matic windshield -cleaner that I manu-
facture. It's an article that's hard to
find. People won't be convinced by a
demonstration. They think it won't
wear. So I have to let them use it
for a couple of weeks. Now, social
position and bank references mean no-
thing to me. I've found out that the
richer people are, the less inclined
they are to pay little bills in a hurry.
I've only a small capital and I need
cash. The people in thin neighbor-
hood trade with you. You know the
ones that pay by the fifth of the
month-"
(To be continued.)
ist. I had wished to rob Anderson,
a gross, stupid man without wit to
cope with me if I decided to assail his
security. Had I snatched Anderson's
box, it would have been an act of
common robbery.
Yet I had for a r'iioment considered
doing that very thing. Why? Be-
cause my wits were growing rusty
from disuse. Here was a chance to
sharpen them. And even as I said
this to myself, I realized that I had
spoken the truth. • For into the res-
taurant carte Marcus Anderson, and
he joined the White Eagle and his
hunchback companion.
"My dear Duke!" cried Anderson.
So Monsieur Armand Cachet, the
White Eagle, was a duke! The senti-
mentalities that April •'had brought
his nose and which, in conjunction to me left me for good.
with his white hair, had given him Beyond Anderson's salutation to the
his nickname; the wide mouth, thin-
lipped, with a sneering droop at one
co-
rnerand the lithe body, still power
-
` tete is a• treat that can't
be beats Benefit and plea•
sure in geoterouts measure!
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couple
couple who awaited 'him, I could hear
no more of their speech: Only the
multimillionaire's snobbish delight at
knowing a gentleman, of title had en-
abled me to hear his greeting.
Anderson had deliberately spoken
loudly in order that the patrons of
the restaurant might know that aris-
tocracy was here. Now, .content that
attention had been attracted, Ander-
son did not raise his voice. But steal-
ing an occasional glance at him
through the medium of a mirror on
the wall, I could see that the man
was overcome with snobbish gtati l -
cation.
* * * * *
Burd Polar Plane
Tested for Height
Tri -Motored Ford Makes 12
000 Feet, But Has to
Drop 1,500 Pounds
of Sand to Do it
New York.—The tri -motored Ford
monoplane, in which Commander
Richard E. Byrd hopes to fly to the
south pole, has Just undergone an alti-
tude test here in which it reached a
height of 12,000 feet. The airplane,
however, was unable to attain the
maximum height fully loaded, and
1,500 pounds of sand were jettisoned.
In order to be used successfully on
the south pole flight, the airplane
must pass over mountains 10,000 feet
high.
The exact significance of the test
here will not be determined until per-
formance of the airplane is carefully
checked against the probable flight
conditions which it would face in the
Antarctic.
The airplane was piloted by Lieut.
Bernt Balchen, accompanied by Har-
old I. June, United States navy pilot,
who is expected to accompany the.
Byrd expedition. Balchen took off
from Roosevelt Field with a full load
of 12,000 pounds and climbed to an.
altitude of 8,800 feet. As no maneuv-
ering
aneuvering could increase the altitude 500
pounds of sand were dropped and the
monoplane rose to 10,000 feet.
When the second 600 pounds of bal-
last was dropped, the airplane rose to
11,000 feet. The third 500 pounds of
sand was thrown .out later, permitting
it to rise to 12,000 feet. It was re-
gardedas possible that the weight
of the and thrown off the airplane
would about represent the weight of
the fuel consumed in the polar trip
before the 10,000 feet elevation would
be reached. In this event, it was
said, the performance of the Ford
monoplane might be regarded as satis-
factory, it is at present equipped.
With 300 -horsepower Wright whirl-
wind motors. Substitution of a Pratt
&Whitney 400 -horsepower Wasp en-
gine for the centre motor may be
WO in en effort to give the 'airplane
additional altitude.
,-
But one does not need to hear—if
one is John Ainsley—in order to know
what is being said. I could follow
the course of their conversation easily.
First there were.the pleasant inquiries
concerning each other's health. Then
there was a reminiscent anecdote by
the White Eagle. The pale -faced
hunchback capped his leader's story.
Andersen delivered biniself of a heavy
Jest. encouraged, he began. Io brag.
The White Eagle led him on, ably
assisted by the cripple.
]C could tell that the two criminals
—the huL►chback r st iryecessarily be
a criminal, inasmuch as he ifitir the.
White Eagle's Companion were
grossly flattering their guest. And
Anderson was lapping it up like a
g eedy pup. ,.
,Now, Armand Cochet did nothing,
1 judged,utpose. The
without a p
man was a gentleman, fallen, it is
true;from his high estate, but a man
of fine intuitions ant delidate in-
stinets, Si *h: a one 'could take no
pleasure in the society of Anderson.
Whitew
Eagle ,es eugagpon which the w- - --.a
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Radio Links Two Isolated
Pacific Isles With Mainland
Inhabitants of Nauru and Ocean Islands Converse Daily With
Australia, New Zealand and Ships at Sea 500
Miles Away Thrr-'•'4h Teler,br tIP Circiiif
Auckland, New Zealand.—Way downNauruand Ocean. The captain dis-
under the equator, and about 2,200
miles north of Ndw Zealand, are two
little palm covered islands, each only
about six miles in diameter. For
years their sole output was a few tons
of copra. Then came the discovery
that these two islets were worth, as
they stood, more than $1,000,000,000,
for the cocoanuts at Nauru and Ocean
Islands were growing over hundreds
of millions of tons of the richest phos-
phate rock in the world. To -day the
British Phosphate Commission works
these deposits to the extent of nearly
a million tons per annum, and where
a solitary trading schooner once
called occasionally, tramps come daily
to load the fertilizers, chiefly for Aus-
tralia and New Zealand.
A high-powered wireless plant, one
of the chain by which Germany once
girded the Pacific, now works under
British control at Nauru, claimed to
be, for its size, the wealthiest island
in the -world. But mere Morse com-
munication • with the great outside
world is insufficient for the commer-
cial operations at Ocean and Nauru,
which lie 10 miles apart.
Each island has its own wireless
telephone plant, a half kilowatt instal-
lation for two-way conversion, and
Bolshevism and Immigration
Ottawa I)rolt (Ind.) The Commun-
ist peril, which is becoming worse and
worse, is the direct result of our immi-
gration policy. And as Parliament
does not seem dispose& to be more
strict towards foreigners, whether.
they conte from the British Isles or
Continental Europe, We must expect
to see more Bolshevists busy, not With
colonization,but with reveiniiidnary
propaganda. And to think/that hese
are the peeede whom the Government
prefers to our French-Canadians°•our
patriots, workers and pacifists.
cusses his cargo with the shore staff's,.
who thus obtain intimate details of all
that is arriving on the trip. It is no
uncommon thing for the wireless oper-
ator to come down into the saloon.
and say to one,of the lady passengers,
"Mrs. So -and -So, you are wanted on
the phone." The lady looks surprised
till she realizes that she is traveling
on the only vessel in the Southern'
Hemisphere equipped with a wireless
telephone. Then she runs up delight-
edly to chat with her husband 500
miles away on a little ocean speck,
to inform him what a great time she
has had in Australia, and even to give
him instructions for, the cook, and the
dinner on the night of her arrival.
Sometimes a call comes from the
only other installation of the kind In
the South Pacific, one belonging to
the Methodist mission station in the
Solomon Islands. Here lonely mis-
sionaries working among savage na-
tives revel in. The opportunity for a
chat with folk of their own color and
race. This little chain of radio tele-
phones, three ashore and one afloat,
is playing its part in breaking down
that tropical monotony that is the
greatest drawback to life in the little
islands of the southern seas. They
daily the managers and other officials operate on a wave length of 720
earl one another up over this 160 miles meters, clear of all interference from
to discuss all details regarding output, ship traffic, and at times are heard by
loading and other matters affecting amateurs in Australia and New Zea -
the commission's work. On board the land who specially tune infor them.
Nauru Chief, the supply ship which Captain Johnstone of the Nauru Chief
carries officials, native labor and stores declares that the radiophone is to him
to the two islands, is a similar half- a Godsend and to the Phosphate Coni -
kilowatt Marconi set, and when with- mission an investment that has saved
in •a 500 -mile range this vessel is in its erection and operatir:g costs dozens
constant daylight conversion with of times over. • f_
British Royal Umbrellas
Checked. Like Commoners'
London—The King and Queen of
England, like 40,000,000 of their sub-
jects, are seldom seen without a caps-
cions umbrella hooked over one arm.
Once one has encountered a ,Lon. -
don downpour he.can sympathize with
them. The ` precalitien, however, has
its disadvantages, for should one want
to drop into: a picture ,gallery to get them would drain a man's blood in the
out of the wet he must relinquish the I night Sir John Doyle, to whom this
Umbrella and run the Tisk of losing i was addressed, replied,. "My good sir,
the elusive metal tag which alone eve have the same animals in Ireland,
*111 enable him to reclaim n but; they are knoyvn there by another
id then even the King and Queen name, they call them hub -bugs.
take :this risk. When they paid a
Private visit to an exhibition of anti-
ques - the other day his Majesty's
cjuick eye read the notice stating that
all walking sticks and umbrellas must
be checked at the entrance, and im-
ined'lately insisted on surrendering
big own and the Queen's in spite of
the '.curator's remonstrance that at
•exeeiition would be made in their be-
half,,
�German .Republic
Rome's Moral. Wave The
London Daily Mail (Ind. Cons.) :
Hits Coast Resorts We are witnessing what looks like the
Government Orders Prefects
to See That Bathing Suits
Are Limited to
Beaches
Rome.—The Italian seaside resorts
bid fair to be rather tame this year.
After "moralizing" almost all other as -
pacts of Italian life, Fascismo has now Minard's Liniment for Insect Bites.,
decided to turn its attention to the
opening of a new epoch. It is not only1
in Prusia and in the elections to the
German Reichstag that the National-
ists and the military party have sus -i
tained a series of defeats. Even in
Bavaria, which has always in recent
Years been a Nationalist stronghold.
the Socialists have made great gainsl'
though they are still in the minority. I
beaches, where rich Italians and for- It is not Mr. Bernard Shaw or Mr.
eigners cheat boredom during the H. G. Wells, but- the late. Lord North:
Summer months, indulging in a 33o- cliffe, who has done the most to form,
hemian freedom from the usual con- the character of the post-war general
ventions as to dress and deportment. tion.: Lord Burnham.
Just when a majority of Italians aro
abandoning the sweltering cities ,and
are headed toward the sea and look-
ing forward to spending a few months
without ever wearing anything
heavier than a bathing suit, they have
been overtaken by a circular issued
by Premier Mussolini to all Perfects
having seaside resorts within their
jurisdiction, bidding the nito exercise
the closest supervision that the strict-
est standards of morality will not be
broken.
It is forbidden to wear bathing suits
that do not measure up to the ideal of
strictest puritanism. One-piece bath-
ing snits, therefore,' are absolutely ta-
boo. It is forbidden to dance or dine
in bathing suits or even in dressing
gowns. It is forbidden to appear any-
where but on the beach unless fully
dressed. The bathing cabin for men
and women must be kept severely
separate, except the fanlily cabins.
The deportment of bathers must be
such as not to give offense to the most
scrupulous , sticltlers for propriety..
These are some of the outstanding
features of the new Government or-
ders. -
A traveller was talking of having
seen, in some foreign eoufftry, bugs
so large and powerful, that two 'of
Iii 'Uganda -a man who hunted ele-
phants , with a camera was, • While
focusing a herd, seized by a triink
from behiiitd, flung against a tree,
knelt upon, and then hurled, dying,
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